Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Police Sergeant R. Machell, G Division, Metropolitan Police

Jubilee 1887, 1 clasp, 1897, Metropolitan Police, bronze (P.C. R. Maachell. G. Divn.); Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police, bronze (P.S., R. Machell. G. Div.); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.S. R. Machell.) good very fine (3) £100-£140

Richard Machell served with G (Finsbury) Division, Metropolitan Police, and was interviewed by the social reformer Charles Booth for his monumental work ‘The Life and Labour of the People in London’, as well as accompanying Booth on various walks around Finsbury as part of his research for his famous ‘Poverty Maps’.

Sold together with the recipient’s National Registration Act 1915 Identity card; a Metropolitan Police leather wallet; and copies of the relevant pages from Booth’s original notebooks.